Pulmonologist Nurgul Saliyeva of Kazakhstan has launched a Web site
about lung diseases for medical professionals and those seeking
extensive information. Last year, Kazakhstan was identified as having
the highest level of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the world for
newly diagnosed cases. Saliyeva used the U.S. Department of
State-sponsored Internet Access and Training Program (IATP) facilities
for more than a year to research lung-related information online, raise
her professional qualifications, and organize doctors to research
devices, medications, and treatments online. The Web site in Russian
www.pulmo.freenet.kz gives medical professionals and ordinary people in
Kazakhstan greater access to the latest technologies and treatments of
lung disease.